English

Pronunciation

• AHD (US): ĕs"pə-răn'tō, ĕs"pə-rän'tō
• IPA (US): /ˌespəˈræntəʊ/, /ˌespəˈrɑːntəʊ/
• SAMPA (US): /%esp@"r{nt@U/, /%esp@"rAːnt@U/
• IPA (?): /ɛspərˈaːntoʊ/
• SAMPA (?): /Esp@"rA:nt@U/

Etymology

from Esperanto esperanto (one who hopes), which derives from Latin sperare (to hope)

Noun

Esperanto

1. An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof with a base vocabulary inspired by Indo-European languages such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
2. (Metaphorical) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media. Example: "The U.S. dollar is the Esperanto of currency."

Related Words

• Esperantic
• Esperantist

Translations

External links

• Esperanto - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo) a multingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. Project started in 1997. You can link from Wikimedia project to ReVo typing [[ReVo:vort|vorto]] (= word) which becomes : vorto. See also ReVo

Catalan

Noun

esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

Czech

Noun

esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Dutch

Noun

Esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA : /es.peˈran.to/
• SAMPA : /es pe"ran to/

Noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto.

See also

• esperantisto

Finnish

Noun

esperanto

1. Esperanto.

German

Noun

Esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Interlingua

Noun

esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Italian

Noun

esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

See also

• esperantista

Norwegian

Noun

esperanto

1. Esperanto.

Polish

Noun

esperanto

1. Esperanto.

Portuguese

Noun

esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

Romanian

Noun

esperanto

1. Esperanto.

Romanica

Noun

esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

Spanish

Noun

esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

Swedish

Noun

esperanto

1. Esperanto.